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Section 29 The Cannon Foundry(2/2)

, wisps of iron filings flew out from the cannon continuously. At the same time, the cannon was constantly dripping with unpleasant-smelling oil, which seemed to be flowing from the knife.

Soon, the rough and uneven cannon embryo turned into a shiny blue smooth surface.

Li Luoyou was stunned for a moment. The words "cutting iron like mud" appeared in his mind. He had seen a sword that could cut iron like mud, but it was made of the best steel.

It takes countless efforts, and in Japan it is also considered a precious sword. The Australians actually use such a precious sword to cut cannons!

He was even more shocked at the next scene. The cannon embryo was fixed on a shelf, and a multi-edged steel knife was rotating rapidly in the middle of the solid cannon embryo. Iron filings were continuously brought out by the knife head, and mixed with

Black sewage and the smell of hot iron mixed with grease filled the air.

It turns out that the barrel of the cannon was drilled out with a knife. The Australians' knives are so powerful! Li Luoyu thought, this is not wood, but a big piece of iron! When iron hits iron, it will only leave a gap at most, so how can a hole be dug out?

Finally, he finally saw the finished product. The gun barrels of different sizes were gleaming green and mounted on the iron frame of the iron pulley. Li Luoyou secretly calculated that in this foundry alone, more than fifty guns were being built at the same time.

A cannon! It would take five or six months to build a cannon in Foshan if all the workers had enough raw materials - it would take a month for just one poured clay mold to dry.

"It's really breathtaking!" Li Luoyou had a thrilling feeling, "No wonder everyone says that the Australians have unparalleled firearms! The cannons made like this cannot be compared to how many blacksmiths poured iron ingots and poured molten iron into them!"

Quark also nodded: "Shopkeeper Li, this artillery factory is a hundred times better than the best artillery factory in Britain and Europe!" He took a greedy breath, "If they open up their production capacity at full capacity, they will not conquer the whole of China.

Difficult matter!"

"Can we expand production?" Li Luoyou was shocked.

"Didn't you see that many machines are not running?" Quark said, "If they were all switched on..." He shook his head, "Shop Manager Li, I don't think it is necessary for you to ask me to run the artillery factory."

Li Luoyou didn't know that he had already negotiated the slave trade with the Travelers, and now that he had a faster and easier way to make money, he was no longer interested in running a foundry, so he just shied away from it. Li Luoyou thought he was

Being sincere, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "It's just a sharp weapon of this country, but others may not be willing to sell it."

Seeing that they were a little lost, Liu San quickly invited them to rest in the arsenal's office. He first sent hot towels, and then sent someone to bring iced kvass. After the two of them calmed down in shock, Li Luoyou immediately had a lot of questions to ask him; why

When casting a cannon, don't make it hollow instead of making it solid and then drilling it out? What kind of knife can actually cut iron? Why do you need to beat the cannon body?
Chapter completed!
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